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  • women's rights
  • strong abolitionist
  • freed,from slavery by New York State in 1827
  • In 1843,she changed her name to Sojourner Truth,because "sojourn" means " travel"
  • she worked long hours,even when she cut her hand badly and it didn't heal well
  • she became hopeful when a new law in New York in 1817 said that enslaved people older than 28 would be freed
  • later she said of this time,'' Now the war began''.